Hame-tug loop



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Hama TugLoop.

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GERHARD FREESE, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS..

HAM E-TUG LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,687, dated April 26, 1881,

Application filed January 18, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern: x

Be it known that I, GERHARD FREEsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Haine-Tug Loops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to metallic loops for holding a hanIe-tug and trace together to prevent the buckle connecting the two from becoming disengaged; and it has for its object the strengthening of the parts connected by dispensing with the usual perforations and other similar means of attaching a loop.

My invention consists in a metal loop of quadrangular shape, slightly tapering or contracted at one end, and provided with lugs of peculiar arrangement on the inner sides for wedging and holding the tug, as will behereinafter more fully described.

Figurelrepresents an end-view of the loop; Fig. 2, a view of the outer side; Figs. 3 and 4, sectional views, showing the interior construction; Fig. 5, an outer view of one of the sloping sides; Figs. 6 and 7, the loop as applied to use; and Fig. 8, an end view of the loop, showing the tug in section.

A is a metal loop having four sides for inclosing a hame-tug and the forward end of a trace, by which the buckle connecting the two shall be prevented from becoming accidentally disengaged. The sides of the loop, in the direction of the trace, are made of any desired width; but the inner side, a, considered vertically, is narrower than the outer side, a', so

that the connecting sides slope inwardly, giving the yloop the general appearance of a segmental wedge.

On the inner surface of the sloping sidesb b are cast inwardly-projecting lugs c o, one on each side, opposite to each other, having curved edges, which extend to the inner surface of the contracted end, and are designed to sink into the yielding leather of the llame-tug as it is forced down into said end of the loop. These edges are made smooth and of sufficient thickness to prevent cutting the leather, and when both hame-tug and trace are inserted the lugs will eEectually prevent the slipping of the loop. In this manner the loop may he adjusted in any desired position,while the leather is allowed to retain the strength which it necessarily loses when cut for accommodating metal loops of other construction.

As both haine-tug and trace are inclosed within this loop, they are held rmly together, and thereby rendered stronger than where the loop is sewed into the hame-tug. Besides, when the loop is made removable, as mine is, the leather hame-tug can be sewed more coxnpactly, and there can be no need of repairs.

It is obvious that such a loop may be used upon any part of a harness, and I therefore do not limit myself to its use upon a haine-tug.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A hame-tug loop of quadrangular shape slightly contracted at one end, and having lugsl c c on the inner surfaces of sloping sides, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. A hame-tug loop of quadrangular shape slightly contracted at one end, and having on the inner surfaces of its sloping sides two opposite lugs, c c, Whose inwardly-projecting curved edges extend to the surface of the contracted end, substantially as shown and described.

` GERHARD FREESE. Witnesses:

FREDERICK SCHEARER, R. RICHTER. 

